Gilbert's fishing trip along with ray has a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to become a sociopath on the run by law. He has killed before, and he also permits the two know as soon because they're no longer useful, he'll kill . The two friends plot an escape, however, a watch which never closes when he sleeps, the hitch hiker's strange physical illness, make it not possible for them to tell when they can make a break because of it.